A SUBPOENA, BUT I WOULDN’T BE
SURPRISED IF HE WERE SUBPOENAED.
>> JOINING ME NOW, CONGRESSWOMAN
STACY PLASKIN OF THE U.S. VIRGIN
ISLANDS AND FORMER IMPEACHMENT
MANAGER.
CONGRESSWOMAN, SO HAPPY TO HAVE
YOU.
I KNOW YOU JUST CELEBRATED A
BIRTHDAY LAST WEEK ON THURSDAY
SO HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY TO
YOU.
YOU WERE AN IMPEACHMENT MANAGER.
AFTER YOU HEARD YOUR FEDERAL
CONGRESSMAN TELL US DON’T
BELIEVE YOUR LYING EYES, DO YOU
THINK SOME OF YOUR COLLEAGUES
PLAYED A ROLE, INTENTIONALLY OR
UNINTENTIONALLY, IN THIS
INSURRECTION?
>> WELL, I THINK THAT’S ONE OF
THE THINGS THAT THE COMMISSION
IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO TELL US.
I’M SURE THAT MANY OF US ARE
SUSPECT ABOUT SOME OF THE
INTENTIONS AND, YOU KNOW,
ALLOWING EVEN PASSIVELY ALLOWING
WHAT HAPPENED ON JANUARY 6th TO
HAPPEN AND THE COMMISSION WILL
BE ABLE TO WORK WITH FEDERAL
INVESTIGATORS TO FIND THAT OUT.
WHAT’S EVEN MORE TROUBLING ARE
THOSE MEMBERS WHO ARE AT THIS
POINT GAS LIGHTING WHAT HAPPENED
ON JANUARY 6th AND MAYBE IN SOME
WAYS DEVELOPING A SCENARIO THAT
GIVES COMFORT TO THE ENEMY, THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO ATTEMPTED
THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO ATTEMPTED
TO EXECUTE A COUP DETAT AND MAY
BE ABLE TO FERMENT A SECOND
JANUARY 6th FROM HAPPENING.
>> I KNOW THERE ARE NO CURRENT
SITTING MEMBERS OF CONGRESS ON
THE COMMISSION, THAT WAS PART OF
THE DEAL, HOWEVER, I’M CURIOUS,
SHOULD THE COMMISSION REACH OUT
TO YOU AND HAVE SOME SORT OF
COMMUNICATION WITH SITTING
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND ASK
THEIR OPINION WHO ARE SOME
PEOPLE THAT WE SHOULD SUBPOENA?
WHO WOULD YOU RECOMMEND?
>> YOU KNOW, I’LL LEAVE THAT TO
THE COMMISSION AND LEAVE THAT TO
THE FEDERAL INVESTIGATORS.
OF COURSE ALL OF US ARE
INTERESTED IN FINDING OUT THE
PRESIDENT’S STATE OF MIND DURING
THAT TIME AND THOSE INDIVIDUALS
WHO HAD CONVERSATIONS, WHO MAY
HAVE SPOKEN WITH THE PRESIDENT
DURING THE INSURRECTION ARE
INDIVIDUALS THAT I’D LIKE TO
HEAR FROM.
WE’VE HEARD FROM THOSE MEMBERS
NOT ONLY AT THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES BUT ALSO FROM
THE SENATE WHO THE PRESIDENT AND
HIS FLUNKIES, GIULIANI AND
OTHERS MADE PHONE CALLS TO AT
THE TIME THAT THE INSURRECTION
WAS TAKING PLACE.
OF COURSE, YOU HAVE INDIVIDUALS
LIKE MY COLLEAGUE MO BROOKS WHO
WAS RIGHT THERE, RIGHT IN THE MIDST OF THE RALLY ENCOURAGING
MIDST OF THE RALLY ENCOURAGING
PEOPLE TO STORM THE CAPITOL.
SO HE’D LIKE TO HEAR FROM
INDIVIDUALS LIKE HIMSELF WHAT
WAS HIS STATE OF MIND.
>> I WANT TO HAVE YOU TAKE A
LISTEN TO SOME SOUND FROM LIZ
CHENEY BECAUSE SHE WARNED ABOUT
WHAT THE PARTY WAS DOING BY
BASICALLY STEALING HER
LEADERSHIP FROM HER.
TAKE A LISTEN.
>> WE FACE A THREAT AMERICA HAS
NEVER SEEN BEFORE.
A FORMER PRESIDENT WHO PROVOKED
A VIOLENT ATTACK ON THIS CAPITOL
IN AN EFFORT TO STEAL THE
ELECTION HAS RESUMED HIS
AGGRESSIVE EFFORT TO CONVINCE
AMERICANS THAT THE ELECTION WAS
STOLEN FROM HIM.
HE RISKS INCITING FURTHER
VIOLENCE.
MILLIONS OF AMERICANS HAVE BEEN
MISLED BY THE FORMER PRESIDENT.
>> SHE CLEARLY SAYS HE -- WE
RISK INCITING FURTHER VIOLENCE
WITH THE LATEST MOVE BY THE GOP.
JUST THIS WEEK YOUR COLLEAGUE
MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE
CONFRONTED AOC IN THE HALLS OF
CONGRESS, HAS HARASSED HER FOR
YEARS.
I’M JUST CURIOUS YOUR THOUGHTS
ON THE ESCALATED TENSION ON
CAPITOL HILL.
DO YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE AND SAFE
WORKING ON CAPITOL HILL?
ARE YOU CONCERNED ABOUT THESE --
ABOUT THE INCREASED TEMPERATURE,
QUITE FRANKLY, THAT WE’RE SEEING
JUST NOT EVEN WORKING THERE?
>> WELL, I HAVE CONFIDENCE IN
THE CAPITOL POLICE OFFICERS AND
IN LEADERSHIP IN MAKING SURE
THAT WE HAVE SECURITY.
THEY’RE CONSTANTLY RE-EVALUATING
THAT, AND AS WE SAW THE EFFORTS
OF POLICE OFFICERS ON THE DATE
OF JANUARY 6th TO PROTECT THE
MEMBERS AND STAFF THAT ARE THERE
ON THE CAPITOL AS WELL AS
PROTECT OUR DEMOCRACY, THAT DOES
GIVE ME COMFORT.
I BELIEVE THAT MARJORIE TAYLOR
GREENE MAY BE CRAZY BUT SHE’S
NOT STUPID AND SHE KNOWS WHO AND
WHO NOT TO APPROACH ON THE HOUSE
FLOOR, OTHER PLACES IN CONGRESS.
AND I THINK AT THE END OF THE
DAY, YOU KNOW WHAT IS KIND OF
IRONIC ABOUT WHAT LIZ CHENEY WAS
SAYING IS THAT ALTHOUGH SHE IS
CONCERNED ABOUT THE PRESIDENT
49er MENDING A JANUARY 6th
ATTACK, THIS DID NOT HAPPEN IN A
VACUUM.
LIZ CHENEY AND OTHERS DID NOT
SAY ANYTHING WHEN THE PRESIDENT
WAS ATTACKING REGULAR AMERICANS,
WHEN HE BANNED MUSLIMS COMING
INTO THIS COUNTRY, CAGED
CHILDREN, WAS PART OF THE
BIRTHER MOVEMENT AND SAID THE
MOST HEINOUS THINGS AFTER
CHARLOTTESVILLE.
WHERE WAS LIZ CHENEY AND OTHER
MEMBERS OF THE GOP WHO NOW ARE
CRYING FIRE WHEN THERE WAS SMOKE
PREVIOUSLY GOING ON IN THE
CAPITOL AND THROUGHOUT THIS
COUNTRY?
SO LET THEM DEAL WITH THEIR
PARTY.
KEVIN McCARTHY OBVIOUSLY CANNOT
CONTROL INDIVIDUALS WITHIN HIS
PARTY AND HAS MADE CLEAR WHAT HE
THINKS IS IMPORTANT AND NOT
IMPORTANT.
YOU KNOW, NOT CENSORING
INDIVIDUALS LIKE MATT GAETZ, NOT
CENSORING MARJORIE TAYLOR
GREENE.
ALLOWING MO BROOKS, CHIP ROY AND
OTHERS TO ACT WITH IMPUNITY BUT
GOING AFTER AN INDIVIDUAL LIKE